Spain rolling out nationwide testing programme ahead of lifting coronavirus lockdown restrictions
SPAIN is set to test tens of thousands of households across the country in a bid to better understand the scope of the coronavirus pandemic.
China registers NO new coronavirus deaths for the first time since the crisis began
CHINA has registered no COVID-19 deaths for the first time since they started publishing daily figures in January.
COVID-19: Businessman arrested for ‘stealing two million face masks’ from warehouse of bankrupt firm in Spain
The Spanish suspect flogged the masks in Portugal, as well as gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE), police said
‘Brilliant’ Costa Blanca town announces citizens’ mobile street party to lift spirits during lock-down
FORMENTERA DEL SEGURA, in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca South, has just announced a street party with a difference on Sunday, April
DO NOT enter your payment details if you receive these two WhatsApp messages, as scammers are trying to cheat people out of their money in Spain
SCAMMERS have been out in full force during the state of emergency, looking to capitalise on the current state of events.
UK’s infection rate nearly double Spain’s, according to study on success of COVID-19 lockdowns across Europe
THE UK’S infection rate for COVID-19 is nearly double that of Spain, according to a study from Spain’s leading institute on information systems and computer
La Liga President sets the end of May as the earliest date for football to resume in Spain
LA Liga President, Javier Tebas has suggested that the earliest date football in Spain could resume would be the end of May.
MUST READ: When will the supermarkets be open during Semana Santa on Spain’s Costa del Sol?
THE country may be in the midst of a pandemic but this week is Semana Santa, and that means a change in shopping hours. Although
Jet2 cancel all flights and holidays until June 17 due to coronavirus
JET2 have cancelled all their flights and holidays until June 17 due to coronavirus.
Elderly couple in Andalucia helped by Guardia Civil who delivered medication
The couple live in a secluded, rural area of Cordoba and had no means of getting to the pharmacy
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TRUSTED NEWS MATTERS… THE OLIVE PRESS – A BRAND YOU CAN TRUST These are trying times for everyone in Spain. Workers are unsure of their
BREAKING: The UK’s Cabinet Office Minister, Michael Gove is self-isolating at home, as a family member displayed symptoms of coronavirus
MICHAEL Gove has announced that he is self-isolating at home due to COVID-19.
Brit arrested on Costa del Sol after fire leads police to discover electricity fraud and marijuana lab
The investigators found that the home was illegally hooked onto the public power grid
BREAKING: Spain sees death and infection rates RISE as coronavirus caseload tops 140,000 – but it’s likely a blip
AFTER four days of decline, the death toll and infection rate of COVID-19 have seen a slight increase. New figures today revealed 743 new recorded
Obligatory use of face masks in Spain to combat coronavirus is delayed
“Measures will not be put in place that cannot be met.” Says Spain’s Minister of Health, Salvador Illa.
Spain converts water cannons into coronavirus disinfectant machines
TO many they are symbols of state power over the common people, used to control protesting crowds
COVID-19: Crisis-hit tourism businesses in Spain’s Mallorca to delay opening until 2021 as hoteliers demand tax offsets
The island's tourism sector is undergoing an immediate crisis with countless companies considering reopening in Easter 2021
Far-right VOX party rejects COVID-19 state of alarm extension in harshest statement against Pedro Sanchez to date
Vox was hit hard with the virus, with secretary general Javier Ortega Smith testing positive after a party conference on March 8
Petition against new 680-home luxury golf complex near Spain’s Costa del Sol gains momentum during COVID-19 confinement
"It will destroy one of the most important things that Nerja has as a tourist asset, its landscape"
Stats suggest Covid-19 curve is flattening, but Costa Blanca town continues to disinfect – much to delight of locals
ROJALES in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca, isn’t sitting back just because official statistics SUGGEST the Coronavirus curve is flattening out. Throughout
BREAKING: Boris Johnson taken into intensive care
"Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened"
Could Gibraltar COVID-19 measures be too successful?
Stopping people leaving home could be slowing down the spread of the virus 'too much', according to the Chief Minister as active cases crept up
Spain to roll out universal basic income to battle coronavirus and it could ‘stay forever’, says top minister
SPAIN is preparing to roll out a universal basic income in a bid to reduce the economic impact of COVID-19. Economy Minister Nadia Calvino revealed
Three arrested over one weekend in Costa Blanca town for breaking lock-down rules
ORIHUELA Policia Local arrested three people over the this weekend for breaking the lock-down rules put in place because of the Nation State of Emergency.
Priest in Spain’s Basque Country stopped by the police and sent home for breaking lockdown rules while walking around and blessing the town’s faithful
POLICE in the Basque Country have stopped a priest who was walking around the town and blessing people on their balconies and windows.
DYING FOR A FAG – Frenchman rescued in Pyrenees after going on quest for cheap tobacco over border in Spain
A FRENCHMAN who tried to hike across the Pyrenees in search of cheap cigarettes in Spain had to be rescued by helicopter. He had set
